The School of Business Administration (SBA) offers a five-year joint Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration (B.S./M.B.A.) program to qualifying students majoring in accounting, architectural studies, business and science, fashion merchandising, finance, human resource management, international business, management information systems, marketing, small business/retailing, textile marketing and management, or textile technology. Some graduate courses are taken in the fourth year of undergraduate study that count toward both the B.S. and the M.B.A. degrees. This program may also be pursued by other business majors, but these other majors do not have the capacity for as many M.B.A. courses in the fourth year of study. A similar five-year B.S./M.S. Taxation program is available.

The five-year joint program provides a valuable option to students who might wish to further strengthen their business competencies, credentials, and marketability. Students may plan to follow this program as early as the freshman year and no later than the start of the senior year. Application should be made through Philadelphia University's Undergraduate Admissions Office. Transfer students may also apply. Currently enrolled students will be considered for admission if they have maintained a 3.0 grade point average (GPA). The Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®) is required for full acceptance to the program and must be taken before the end of the senior year.

Non-business majors interested in the Joint B.S./M.B.A. Program should obtain a copy of the "Pre-M.B.A. Requirements for Non-Business Majors: Planning Guide." The planning guide should be used in combination with the University catalog and the check sheet for the student's undergraduate major. The Guide describes the requirements for admission and the application process as well as the Pre-M.B.A. course requirements. Planning guides are available from upper-level advisors as well as the M.B.A. office in the Tuttleman Center.

 

Why Study 5 Year BS/MBA?

The 5-year B.S./M.B.A. allows you to complete both a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Business Administration degree in five years. 

1. Earn a B.S. and an M.B.A. in five years.
2. B.S. is awarded at the end of the fourth year.
3. Considerable savings in both tuition and time.
4. Available to qualified students in all business majors and many non-business majors.
5. Strengthens business and managerial competencies and marketability.
6. According to a recent survey, an MBA improves the starting salaries of men by 89 percent, and improves women's salaries by 100 percent!*

* 2001 GMAC Global MBA Survey; results reported in BizED, November/December, 200, p. 7.  Survey results are available online on the GMAC web site http://www.gmac.com.